On 18 November 2022, the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology published the ‘Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022’, along with an Explanatory Note and sought for feedback from public by the 17th of December 2022. The deadline is now extended to the 2nd of January 2023 following a push in that direction by...
The Indian Government has released a reworked version of its data protection Bill. The current version comes just three months after the withdrawal of the previous version, but it contains substantial differences. Read the document here Want to know more? Watch our privacyespresso session on this topic!
The Government of India has withdrawn the Data Protection Bill that was pending before Parliament. The Government was reviewing the same and was expected to make some changes. It would appear that the Government intends to draft a new legislation entirely, possibly as part of a larger legislation covering the digital ecosystem. Based on past...
The Indian Government has reported that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has accounted more than 670 thousand data breaches since the beginning of 2022. Since 2019, the cyber incidents trend has been on a steady increase rising concerns over the awareness and preparedness of Indian entities against this phenomenon. Read more on the...